Our staff has special expertise in sports medicine and the care and treatment of athletic injuries. From the management of complex joint, muscle and ligament disorders to sprains and strains, our sports medicine team understands the importance of training, conditioning, surgical and nonsurgical treatments.

If you are suffering from arthritis pain that is preventing you from doing the things you need to do, we can discuss your treatment options from physical therapy to injections to surgery. We use computer navigation to ensure optimum placement of knee replacement components and tailor the type of hip replacement used to your size, age and activity level. If your primary care doctor has described your arthritis as moderate or severe, ask for a referral to a Bone and Joint Center orthopedist.

Whether you work construction, housekeeping or type, you need your hands to work as hard as you do. Our specialists can treat your fractures, carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger fingers, hand and wrist injuries or arthritis and get you back to work.

Foot pain, deformities or ulcers keeping you off your feet? Our podiatrist can help analyze your footwear, how you walk and the shape of your foot to decide if orthotics, casting, exercises, injections or surgery can help relieve your pain.

Wilcox Health Bone and Joint Center also offers bone densitometry - a useful predictor of bone mass and bone density that can indirectly predict fracture risk. Our sophisticated equipment can help you discover if you are at risk for fractures and assist your physician in your care plan.

Bone Densitometry is offered Monday through Friday. Appointments are made by calling the Imaging Department at 245-1033 after your primary care physician has referred you for the exam. For more information about bone densitometry, call our staff for educational materials at 245-1030.

The Orthopedic Department, known as the Bone and Joint Center at Kauai Medical Clinic is located on the ground floor of the main Kauai Medical Clinic, and is open Monday through Friday. X-rays, casts and blood drawing for labs can be done right there on site during your clinic visit and our nurses and staff are the friendliest on the island. Each clinic room is equipped with a computer so that all your medical records and xrays can be reviewed as the doctor is seeing you and can never get lost!

Orthopedic surgeons are on call to the Wilcox Hospital Emergency Room 24 hours a day and 7 days a week to handle emergencies such as broken bones and accidents.

Our new surgical facilities boasts a large, comfortable waiting room and inpatient recovery rooms. Each operating room is equipped with the latest in imaging and medical treatment equipment in each of the 4 surgical suites including digitized x-rays, instantly accessible computerized medical records and robotic technology for assistance in complex surgical procedures.

The Imaging Department, recently named the Wilcox Family Imaging Center, is a full-service department providing routine and specialized imaging and/or therapeutic procedures for inpatient, outpatient and emergency patients. The department is staffed seven days a week and has staff available 24 hours a day. Board-certified physician radiologists provide quality care and timely interpretation of radiographic procedures including:

• General Radiology (X-rays)
  
• Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT or CT scan)
  
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  
• Bone densitometry

Orthopedics

• Catherine Shin, MD
• David Rovinsky, MD, FACS, FAAOS
• Floyd H. Pohlman, MD
• Heather Hopkins, MD, PT
• Jennifer K. Brown, PA-C
• Terrie Johnson, PA-C
• Timothy Schendel, MD

Podiatry

• Tyler Chihara DPM

Rheumatology

• Charles Mills, MD

Wilcox Memorial Hospital
3420 Kuhio Highway
Lihue, Hawaii 96766
phone: (808) 245-1523